I think as Urho3D becomes more famous so does our forum. In the past few days I have banned a few new users who tried to post spams or unsolicited ads in our forums. Their tactic is usual. First post nonsense and then follow by spam link in the second post or putting the link in the signature. Although we have a few forum moderators, but unfortunately they have been long inactive. I think if the trend holds then our forum will need a few more active moderators to keep the order. Please let us know when you are interested in this role. Naturally only active forum readers are qualified.

yushli wrote:I can try. But I haven't seen any spam as well. Please tell me what to do if I encounter one.

Thanks for your interest. Unfortunately based on the post count, you have not quite met the "active" qualification for the moderator role. You can, however, still help in maintaining the forums by sending a report when you see a spam post. Just hit the red triangle button on the top right corner in the questionable post to do so.

I usually just ban new user who posts spam link (unsolicited ads that are not related to Urho3D or gaming development in general) without any prior warnings and also delete all their offending posts. A few artists may also attempt to promote their assets by posting unsolicited ads/links to their website in the forum, for such case I normally just send a warning stating that our forums do not allow unsolicited ads, without banning the user outright and delete the post in question if it is really out of the blue. But that's just me.

Yes I've followed the same principle. Basically, if one's post history shows proof that they have actual interest in using Urho and having a discussion, then just warn for the mistake. But if it's clear it's just a newly created spam account, ban & delete posts.

Thanks mike and 1vanK for this, i have been part of other forums who have had this problem get severe at times. i am getting much more active in my Urho developments now and am glad to see new moderators to keep things on track